Global pediatric stroke burden remains high despite declining mortality
Pediatric stroke has been less recognized than adult stroke, and its risk factors, epidemiology and outcomes remain insufficiently…
Meningococcal B outbreak: Adelaide young adult in critical condition
A young adult is in a critical condition on life support in a metropolitan Adelaide hospital after being…
Review highlights essential neurological considerations for gender dysphoria care
Gender dysphoria involves distress caused by a mismatch between a person’s gender identity and sex assigned at birth.…
A study of 802 teens raises questions about school breakfast and blood sugar
Could school breakfast habits reveal something about teenage metabolic health? Researchers examine how school meals, everyday food choices,…
Global study exposes gaps in global endometriosis care guidelines
Adolescents, gender-diverse people and those with lived experience are underrepresented in endometriosis guidelines worldwide, a University of Queensland…
Adding a chatbot to specialist care helped young people make sense of cancer risk
Young people with hereditary cancer syndromes face difficult questions about their future, prompting researchers to test whether tailored…
Child Psychiatrist: Screen Time Isn’t Main Threat to Kids
A child psychiatrist who spends his days treating kids with mental health problems says we’re blaming the…
New iron deficiency guidelines raise key blood test cutoffs
Could current blood test cutoffs be missing iron deficiency? New guidelines recommend higher ferritin thresholds for key patient…
Higher daily step counts linked to better teenage mental health
Every extra walk to school, kickabout in the park or trip to the shops could be doing more…
Waist-to-height ratio reliably detects chronic liver disease risk in children
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is now the most common chronic liver disease in children and adolescents,…
New research reveals how parents’ drinking affects their children
Pouring a quiet beer after a long day of work is an ordinary Aussie scene, but new research…
Moderate fruit juice intake could help close vitamin C gaps in UK diets
With fruit juice supplying a quarter of vitamin C intake in the UK sample, researchers modeled what happens…